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"Broadband-shaming 300Mbps"? Speak for yourself, as that happens to be my current broadband speed over plain copper cable. Sure, I'm living a few years ahead of

"Broadband-shaming 300Mbps"? Speak for yourself, as that happens to be my current broadband speed over plain copper cable. Sure, I'm living a few years ahead of most people, but it is a lot easier to roll out LTE than other forms of Internet. I just wish that, like Wi-fi, your service didn't degrade as quickly the more people connected to it. I remember back in the day, when no one had LTE up here in Canada, it was routine to see speeds of 60-150mbps. Now, less so. Depends on where you are, what device you have, a whole host of factors. Of course, more spectrum is always nicer, not so much for marketing purposes as here but to ensure there's enough space for everyone to get more of the shared pool of bandwidth available. I'm sure if I ran LTE speed tests under a tower at 2 AM I'd get some amazing results too. :)

girvo 13y ago
I currently get 100mbps on my cable connection in Australia of all places :)
- lstamour 13y ago
  The real question of course, is, if we ran speed tests to servers in Toronto and Australia, would we see the same results? ;-) Of course, this is where (a) we need faster server-room connections and (b) lots of jumbo frame support by default over the Internet. ;-)
jrockway 13y ago
I used Sprint's 4G network before there were any 4G phones. It was wonderful. Then the 4G phones started being launched, and it didn't work at all. It was kind of sad, because the speeds were great.
- techsupporter 13y ago
  Back when Xohm was still a thing (and still only in Baltimore), I did the trick of ordering a Xohm modem and using a billing address in Baltimore while physically using the device in Dallas. The IP and reverse DNS showed I was connecting to a Sprint 4G-enabled tower well before Dallas was supposed to have service. It was screamingly fast. I think I topped out at 65Mbps down and 40Mbps up. It's amazing how fast the network goes with no other load.
  - lstamour 13y ago
    Yeah, it's too bad carriers always speed test before they launch the network, then say those are the speeds you get. That it also depends on which bands your phone supports if GSM, is also interesting. I suspect in the near future I'll be upgrading phones not because they're any faster for CPU, but because they support newer networking bands and technologies (like cable modems being DOCSIS 3 8x4, 16x4, 24x8 and soon DOCSIS 3.1 ...)

girvo 13y ago

I currently get 100mbps on my cable connection in Australia of all places :)

lstamour 13y ago
The real question of course, is, if we ran speed tests to servers in Toronto and Australia, would we see the same results? ;-) Of course, this is where (a) we need faster server-room connections and (b) lots of jumbo frame support by default over the Internet. ;-)

jrockway 13y ago

I used Sprint's 4G network before there were any 4G phones. It was wonderful. Then the 4G phones started being launched, and it didn't work at all. It was kind of sad, because the speeds were great.

techsupporter 13y ago
Back when Xohm was still a thing (and still only in Baltimore), I did the trick of ordering a Xohm modem and using a billing address in Baltimore while physically using the device in Dallas. The IP and reverse DNS showed I was connecting to a Sprint 4G-enabled tower well before Dallas was supposed to have service. It was screamingly fast. I think I topped out at 65Mbps down and 40Mbps up. It's amazing how fast the network goes with no other load.
- lstamour 13y ago
  Yeah, it's too bad carriers always speed test before they launch the network, then say those are the speeds you get. That it also depends on which bands your phone supports if GSM, is also interesting. I suspect in the near future I'll be upgrading phones not because they're any faster for CPU, but because they support newer networking bands and technologies (like cable modems being DOCSIS 3 8x4, 16x4, 24x8 and soon DOCSIS 3.1 ...)